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Union Minister Smriti Irani accused her opponent Congress president Rahul Gandhi of "booth-capturing" as the polling is underway at Amethi Lok Sabha constituency in the fifth phase on Monday.
Irani is the BJP candidate in Amethi and is contesting against Congress President Rahul Gandhi. The two are locked in a fierce battle. Gandhi is seeking a re-election from Amethi against Irani, who lost the 2014 polls by just over a lakh votes.
More than 12 per cent voting was recorded in the fifth phase of polling across 51 constituencies in seven states till 9 am, the Voter Turnout App data of the Election Commission (EC) showed.
The separatists have called for a boycott of the vote in Kashmir and protesters threw stones at polling stations and at least one person was shot and wounded when police opened fire, police said.
Militants also threw a grenade and a petrol bomb at polling stations but there were no injuries.
West Bengal recorded the highest with 14.85 per cent followed by Jharkhand (13.46 per cent), Rajasthan (13.37 per cent), Madhya Pradesh (11.79 per cent), Bihar (11.51 per cent), Uttar Pradesh (9.82 per cent) and Jammu and Kashmir (0.80 per cent).
Voting began at 7am across the 51 Lok Sabha constituencies spread over the seven states, largely in the Hindi heartland, in the fifth of the mega seven-phase electoral exercise.
A total electorate of over 8.75 crore is eligible to exercise their franchise in this phase which covers the remaining 12 constituencies in Rajasthan; 14 in Uttar Pradesh, including the high-profile Amethi, Rae Bareli and Lucknow seats; five in Bihar; seven each in West Bengal and Madhya Pradesh; four in Jharkhand; and two in Jammu and Kashmir, including Anantnag, where the third and final phase of polling is underway.
In the 2014 elections, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) had won 39 of these 51 seats -- all 12 in Rajasthan, 12 of 14 in Uttar Pradesh, seven in Madhya Pradesh, three of five in Bihar, all four in Jharkhand and one of two in Jammu and Kashmir.
Among the 674 candidates in this phase, prominent ones include Congress President Rahul Gandhi from his traditional Amethi constituency where he faces Union Minister Smriti Irani, his mother and UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi from neighbouring Rae Bareli, and Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh who faces actor-politician Shatrughan Sinha's wife Poonam Sinha (Samajwadi Party) in Lucknow.
Also contesting are Union Ministers Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore - who faces fellow Olympian Krishna Poonia in Jaipur (Rural) - and Jayant Sinha (Hazaribagh), former Union Minister Dinesh Trivedi (Trinamool Congress) in Barrackpore, and actress-turned-BJP leader Locket Chatterjee in Hooghly.
Latest updates:
2:30pm
#LokSabhaElections2019 : 53.84% polling percentage recorded in Madhya Pradesh (7 seats), till 4pm.2:00pm
- ANI (@ANI) May 6, 2019
#IndianElections2019 Ruchi Agarwal from #RaeBareli won't reveal who she cast her vote for. She has voted for the progress of her constituency, she says.
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- Khaleej Times (@khaleejtimes) May 6, 2019
"#NarendraModi has done nothing in the past 5 years. #Unemployment, farmer debts are still burning issues. #Demonetisation was the worst decision," says a voter in #RaeBareli.Around 450,000 Muslims don't trust the BSP-SP alliance and won't vote for BJP either.
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- Khaleej Times (@khaleejtimes) May 6, 2019
#IndianElections2019: "He has no option but to vote for #Congress," says this voter in #Amethi. Around 450,000 Muslims don't trust the #BSP-SP alliance and won't vote for #BJP either.11:12am
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- Khaleej Times (@khaleejtimes) May 6, 2019
#IndianElections2019: Amethi is key to #Congress President #RahulGandhi and #BJP's #Amethi #LokSabha candidate #SmritiIrani alleges booth capturing. 25% turnout has been reported in the constituency.9:30am
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- Khaleej Times (@khaleejtimes) May 6, 2019
Bihar: One Ranjit Paswan arrested on charges of vandalizing an EVM machine at polling booth number 131 in Chhapra. #LokSabhaElections2019 pic.twitter.com/0mqrXc4mjT10:25am
- ANI (@ANI) May 6, 2019
Smriti Irani: I tweeted an alert to administration and EC(alleging booth capturing in Amethi), hope they take action. People of the country have to decide whether this kind of politics of Rahul Gandhi should be punished or not pic.twitter.com/v0hkw3HA6u"Alert @ECISVEEP Congress President @RahulGandhi ensuring booth capturing," her tweet said. She told reporters that Rahul Gandhi was now resorting to stealing votes.
- ANI UP (@ANINewsUP) May 6, 2019
#LokSabhaElections2019: Voters check for their names on the list before heading into the polling station in #RaeBareilly, #UttarPradesh.8:40am
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- Khaleej Times (@khaleejtimes) May 6, 2019
West Bengal: Arjun Singh, BJP candidate from Barrackpore alleges that he was attacked by TMC workers, says,"I was attacked by TMC goons who have been brought from outside. Those people were scaring away our voters. I am injured." pic.twitter.com/lWXY3mbbZZ7:40am
- ANI (@ANI) May 6, 2019
Rajnath Singh,Lucknow BJP candidate: The Mahagatbandhan is no challenge for BJP here. I don't want to comment on her(SP-BSP-RLD candidate Poonam Sinha), as I believe elections are not about individuals but about issues. pic.twitter.com/FdwsHdj7ndSpeaking to reporters immediately after, Singh said: "I leave everything on the voters here." He is pitted against SP-BSP star candidate Poonam Sinha, wife of former BJP MP Shatrughan Sinha, and Congress candidate Acharya Pramod Krishnam "Today is the polling for 51 Lok Sabha seats including Lucknow... I urge all the voters to cast their valuable votes with great enthusiasm and vote in large numbers," Singh tweeted earlier.
- ANI UP (@ANINewsUP) May 6, 2019
BSP Chief Mayawati casts her vote at a polling booth in City Montessori Inter College in Lucknow. #LokSabhaElections2019 pic.twitter.com/h28DExxZ8E6:35am
- ANI UP (@ANINewsUP) May 6, 2019
Jammu and Kashmir: Visuals from polling booth 66 in Govt High School in Pulwama( Anantnag Lok Sabha seat) #LokSabhaElections2019 pic.twitter.com/EKLbGTmkX36:20am
- ANI (@ANI) May 6, 2019
Home Minister and Lucknow BJP Candidate Rajnath Singh casts his vote at polling booth 333 in Scholars' Home School pic.twitter.com/BXSZTvFeGS
- ANI UP (@ANINewsUP) May 6, 2019
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